Golden Globe nominations: 'Lincoln' and 'Les Miz' lead pack

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Dec 13, 2012 at 9:46 AMDec 13, 2012 at 9:49 AM

It was a repeat performance for Steven Spielberg’s historical biography “Lincoln,” the musical epic “Les Miserables” and the quirky romantic comedy “Silver Linings Playbook” as they towered over the Golden Globe nominations Thursday morning.

Just a day earlier, the same films dominated the Screen Actors Guild nominations — and now appear well-positioned for Oscar glory.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. divides its honors between comedy and drama, an opening up of the field that led to nominations for such lighter fare as “Bernie,” “Moonrise Kingdom” and “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.”

Other films that performed well were “Argo,” “Django Unchained,” “Life of Pi,” “The Master” and “Zero Dark Thirty.”

The nominations wrap one of the most closely watched weeks of the awards season, which kicked off Monday with the announcement of nominations for the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, followed by the SAG Award nominations. The films and performers honored this week gain front-runner status leading up to the Academy Award nominations, which are to be announced Jan. 10.

The HFPA also honors achievements in television, doling out nominations to such series as “Homeland,” “Breaking Bad,” “Modern Family” and “Downton Abbey.” In the TV movies and miniseries category, nominations went to “Game Change,” “Hatfields & McCoys” and “Hemingway & Gellhorn.”